Role Name: Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Experience: 5-8 years

Role:

As a Senior ML Engineer and Team Lead, you will be the driving technical and operational force behind our vision-based analytics pipelines. You will operate as a "player-coach," balancing hands-on model development and edge deployment with the management of a small team of ML engineers. You will design state-of-the-art computer vision modelsranging from classic image processing to modern transformer architectures—and ensure they run efficiently on edge devices (NVIDIA Jetson) using contemporary MLOps and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities:
- Technical Road Mapping: Work closely with product and engineering leadership to define ML project scopes, timelines, and technical architecture.
- Model Development: Design, train, and evaluate Computer Vision models for object detection, image classification, segmentation, and Optical Character Recognition (OCR).
- Algorithm Selection: Apply the right tool for the job, balancing classic CV algorithms, standard Deep Learning approaches (CNNs, YOLO, etc.),



and state-of-the-art Vision Transformers (ViT, DETR).
- Edge Optimization & Deployment: Optimize models for real-time inference on edge devices (NVIDIA Jetson) using frameworks like TensorRT, ONNX, or DeepStream.
- MLOps & Infrastructure: Architect and maintain end-to-end MLOps pipelines. Containerize applications using Docker and automate workflows using CI/CD pipelines.
- Production Monitoring: Implement telemetry and monitoring solutions to track model drift, hardware health, and inference performance on distributed edge devices in the field.
- Code Quality: Write clean, production-ready, and highly optimized Python code, and enforce these standards across your team through code reviews.
- Team Leadership & Management: Manage and mentor a small team of ML engineers. Guide their technical development, oversee task delegation, conduct 1-on-1s, and foster a culture of engineering excellence and collaboration.

📌 Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 KS Smart Solutions
📍 Chennai